WINNERS TRANSILVANIA PITCH STOP 2018
Frost (r. Pavle Vučković) - Eurimages Co-production Development Award
Santa Barbara (r. Anatol Durbală) - The Award offered by the Romanian National Film Center
The Last Bus (r. Nándor Lőrincz & Bálint Nagy) - Post-Production services offered by Chainsaw Europe
To the North (r. Mihai Mincan) - Connecting Cottbus Award
October (r. Bogdan Crăciun) - Villa kult Cultural Residency Award
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PARTICIPANTS
10 feature projects in different development and financing stages will be presented to industry professionals within the co-production platform organized by TIFF on June 1st and 2nd, in Cluj-Napoca. Next to them, another 5 projects selected for the 5th edition of the project development workshop will take part in the pitch.
The selected projects are:
1. A Big She-Bear
Country: Georgia
Director/ Producer: Lali Kiknavelidze
Production company: Lira Production Studios
2. Border Games
Country: Georgia
Director: Mikaberidze Elene
Producer: Aleksandre Shervashidze
Production Company: Nushi Film
3. Everything in its right place
Country: Turcia
Director: Berrak Çolak
Producer: Engin Palabıyık
Production company: Harikulade Film
4. Frost
Country: Serbia
Director: Pavle Vučković
Producer: Stefan Mladenovic
Production company: Plan 9
5. Last Bus
Country: Hungary
Director: Nándor Lőrincz & Bálint Nagy
Producer: Gábor Kovács (Filmpartners) and Mónika Mécs (M&M FILM)
Production company: Filmpartners and M&M FILM
6. March. April. May
Country: Rusisa
Director: Andrey Gryazev
Producer: Vladislav Ketkovich
Production company: Ethnofund
7. Summer night, half past ten
Country: Romania
Director: Ivana Mladenovic
Producer: Ada Solomon
Production company: Hi Film Productions
8. The Alley Cat
Country: Turkey
Director/ Producer: Çiğdem Sezgin
Production company: Kule Film
9. The Shooter
Country: Russia
Director: Piotr Levchenko
Producer: Katia Filippova
Production company: Pan-Atlantic Studio
10. To the North
Country: Romania
Director: Mihai Mincan
Producer: Radu Stancu
Production company: deFilm
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The 5 projects were selected to participate at the project development workshop, dedicated exclusively to Romanian and Moldavian directors at their debut or second feature film. Between 28 and 31 May, the projects will be provided with personalized script guidance, specialized training and support in preparing their pitch in front of potential partners.
The 5 participant projects in Transilvania Pitch Stop Workshop
1. Horia
Country: Romania
Director: Ana-Maria Comănescu
Producer: Ada Solomon
Production company: Micro Film
2. Metamorphoses
Country: Romania
Director: Peter Kerek
Producer: Alexandru Teodorescu
Production company: Saga Film
3. October
Country: Romania
Director: Cristian Pascariu
Producer: Bogdan Crăciun
Production company: Libra Film Productions
4. Santa Barbara
Country: Republic of Moldova
Director: Anatol Durbală
Producer: Sergiu Cumatrenco Jr.
Production company: Youbesc
5. The Mind Patrol
Country: Romania
Director: Tudor Botezatu
Producer: Irina Malcea & Paul Negoescu
Production company: Luna Film, Papillon Film